Nalini Square Floor Cushion

These beautiful large floor cushions come with two options for contrasting backs; white and navy in 100% cotton. Hand woven with textile waste from the garment manufacturing industry in India, these cushions reduce impact on the environment from textile waste going into landfill, or being burnt. The stonewashed blues are offcuts from the manufacture of jeans. Soft, luxurious and woven into striking patterns, they help to create a casual coastal blue and white accent in any room, and also make great meditation or yoga cushions.

Size: 100cm square and 18cm high.Comes with insert made in Australia from recycled PET bottles

HOW THEY ARE MADE:

Sugarcane Trading Co creates rugs meticulously handmade from upcycled clothing offcuts, saving them from going into landfill. Australian siblings Sally Murali and Tim Barnes are building on three generations of family retail and textile trading. Descended from sugarcane farmers, their company name resonates with their ancestry. In creating this fresh new brand grown from a passion to live life with intention and purpose, inspiring people to slow down, buy less and consume consciously, Sally and Tim aim to bring the best of artisan created homewares to people who share values of sustainability and social responsibility through their high quality, design-led pieces. To further support their artisans, Tim and Sally have established The Sugarcane Trust in India, to help enrich the lives of the artisans and their families. Each time you buy a Sugarcane Trading Co product, you contribute to the artisan communities who created it. Sugarcane Trading Co aims to leave only the lightest touch on the world's resources, preserve traditional artisan skills and give back to less well-off communities. Passionate about fair working conditions and pay for the talented artisans who create their products, Tim and Sally know and have personally met many of their workforce. Having this contact enables them to ensure the Sugarcane Trading Co products you bring into your home have been created in an environment of care and fairness for the people who make them and the earth. Sugarcane Trading Co are also proud members of CARE & FAIR - Carpet Trade Against Child Labour, whose goals are: Abolition of illegal child labour in India, Nepal and Pakistan; To create better living conditions for carpet knotting families; Socially acceptable production. Members accept only goods produced at socially acceptable conditions; Take over social responsibility and give an example that serves everyone. At present, C & F supports 13 schools, 8 adult education centres and 5 day care clinics in India, Nepal and Pakistan.